Boilermaker Road Race entry prices announced

The prices for participating in the 37th Boilermaker Road Race have been announced, and unlike previous years, registration fees will be included in the base cost.

Observer-Dispatch

The prices for participating in the 37th Boilermaker Road Race have been announced, and unlike previous years, registration fees will be included in the base cost.

The costs for participating in this year’s Boilermaker are $50 for the 15K, $35 for the 5K, and $15 for the 3-Mile Walk.

Last year’s 15K and 5K costs were $40 and $30, but runners had to pay a registration fee on top of that.

“We know how frustrating add-on fees can be so we decided to bundle the costs,” Race Director Jim Stasaitis said in a news release. “In addition, we removed magazine sales from the form after receiving feedback from some runners.”

Boilermaker registration opens at noon Saturday, March 22, and the race will take place on Sunday, July 13.

The link to register will be located at www.boilermaker.com and the race caps will remain the same – 14,000 runners for the 15K and 4,500 for the 5K.

Last year’s Boilermaker Road Race sold out in three days.

Charity bib participants announced

The 11 charities that will be participating in the 37th Boilermaker Road Race’s Charity Bib Program have been revealed.

This year’s organizations are: ACR Health, Cardiac Research at Masonic Research, Central New York Veterans Outreach Center, CNY Susan G Koman for the Cure, Food Bank of Central New York, Friends of the Arc Foundation, Sitrin Health Care Center, Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation of Central New York, Make-A-Wish Central New York, Upstate Cerebral Palsy, and Central Association for the Blind and Visually Impaired.

There are 200 bibs available to those charities and sign-up for the Boilermaker Charity Bib Program opens at 9 a.m. on Monday, March 10. Participants can sign up for the 15K and 5K races and the 3-Mile Walk at www.boilermaker.com.

The inaugural Boilermaker Charity Bib Program raised more than $105,000 for 10 local not-for-profit organizations.

New training shirt unveiled

The official training shirt for the 2014 Boilermaker Road Race has been unveiled.

There will be men’s sizes from small to XXL and women’s sizes from small to XL.

The training shirt will cost $24.95 and will be available starting the day registration opens.